The book Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management provides a comprehensive overview of the field of integrated pest management (IPM). The book is organized into six sections, each containing 8 chapters, and covers a wide range of topics related to IPM. These topics include the impact of IPM on food security, breeding for resistance, IPM in crops, fruits, and vegetables, future strategies and policy issues, and IPR-related issues. The book also provides detailed information on emerging strategies and challenges such as the role of biotechnology and the implications of IPR issues.The book highlights the role of IPM in sustaining food productivity, meeting economic, environmental, and social costs. It also discusses the importance of diagnostic tools, weather forecasting, transgenic plants, biological control, and new chemicals in future IPM programs. The book emphasizes the need for improved information transfer, implementation, and application of IPM.The last section of the book addresses the status, future, challenges, and constraints of IPM. It provides a critical analysis of different management strategies that have a bearing on agricultural sustainability and environmental protection. The book is unique in that it does not focus on conventional pest management strategies with respect to particular crops or regions but instead provides a broader overview of management strategies with critical evaluation of each in the larger context of ecologically based pest management.
D. P. Abrol, Professor and Head, Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Main Campus- Chatha, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu -180 009, Jammu & Kashmir, India.Uma Shankar, Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Main Campus- Chatha Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu -180 009, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Section-I: Basic Concepts1. An Introduction to Ecological Based Pest Management by D. P. Abrol2. Integrated Pest Management: A Historical Perspective by Rajinder Peshin and Rakesh S. Bandral3. Weather Based Pest Forecasting by Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol4. Impact of Climate Change on the Population Dynamics of Crop Pests and Pathogens by D. P. Abrol and Uma Shankar 5. Information Technology Integrated Pest Management by A. K. Dhawan 6. Taxonomy as an Effective Tool in IPM by V. V. Ramamurthy and D. P. Abrol 7. Integrated Pest Management and Food Security by Uma Shankar 8. Biopesticides in Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management by Opender Koul 9. Impact of Pesticides in the Environment - Indian Scenario by M. Raghuraman Section-II: Impact on Food Security & Ecosystem10. Impact of Pest Management Practices on Biodiversity of Pollinators by D. P. Abrol11. Insect Pests Problems Associated with Hill Farming and their Management by D. P. Abrol12. Integrated Weed Management in Hill Agro-Ecosystems by Anil Kumar, B. C. Sharma and Vikas Sharma13. New Chemistry in Pest Management by A. K. Dhawan14. Impact of Pesticide on Soil Health by A. K. Bhat Section-III: Biorational Strategies15. Current Perspective in Biological Control by Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol16. Potential of Pheromone Technology in the Management of Insect Pests of Apple: A Case Study by S. A. Ganie, Z. H. Khan and A. A. Khan17. Conservation and Augumentation of Natural Enemies by Devinder Sharma18. Biological Control Potential of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Integrated Pest Management by Farooq A. Zaki, Mantoo, M. A. and Barkat Hussain19. Molecular Tools in Biological Control of Crop Pests by Anil Kumar Singh and Sunil K. Rai20. Proteinase Inhibitors and Pest Management by Moni Gupta, A. K. Tiku and S. A. Mallick21. Exploitation of Fungi for Management of Weeds in Sustainable Agriculture by Vishal Gupta and C. S. Kalha22. Virus Transmitting Insect Vectors and their Management by Ranbir Singh, Sachin Gupta and V. K. Razdan23. Eco Friendly Approach for Quality Ornamental Production by Sheetal Dogra and Satesh Kumar24. Microbial Control of Crop Pests using Entomopathogenic Fungi by Sachin Gupta, Ranbir Singh and V. K. RazdanPart-II Section-IV: Breeding for Resistance25. Breeding for Resistance to Major Insect-Pests of Cereals by B. B. Gupta and R. K. Salgotra26. Vegetable Improvement through Transgenics by Satesh Kumar and Sheetal Dogra27. Conventional Breeding Strategies for Insect Resistance in Vegetable Crops by Sanjeev Kumar, Puja Rattan and Jag Paul Sharma28. Breeding for Resistance to Major Insect-Pests of Pulses by Bimal Singh Jamwal29. Breeding for Insect Pests Resistance in Oilseed Crops by S. K. Gupta and D. R. C. Bakhetia Section-V: IPM in Field Crops, Vegetables and Fruits30. Integrated Pest Management in Cereal Crops by Uma Shankar and D. P. Abrol31. Integrated Disease Management of Field Crops under Hill Agro-Ecosystem by S. K. Singh, Deepak Kumar and P. K. Singh32. Integrated Pest Management in Vegetable Eco-system by Uma Shankar and SVS Raju33. Ecologically based Integrated Disease Management for Vegetable Crops by Mukesh Kumar Pandey and C. S. Kalha34. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants and their Management by D. P. Abrol and A. K. Bhowmick35. Integrated Pest Management in Dry Land Horticultural Crops by Sanjeev Rai and Uma Shankar36. Insect Pests and Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and their Management by Farooq A. Zaki37. Integrated Disease Management of Fruit Crops under Hill Agroecosystem by Deepak Kumar and S. K. Singh38. Nematode Pests of Fruit Crops and their Management by Virendra Kumar Singh and Uma Shankar39. Pest Management in Walnut: An Overview by R. M. Sharma, M. K. Pandey and Uma Shankar 40. Sustainable Strawberry Production in Sub-Tropical Plains by M. K. Pandey, Uma Shankar and R. M. Sharma 41. Pest Control and Disinfection in Rural Godowns by A. A. Khan, Z. H. Khan and S. A. Ganie Section-VI: Future Strategies and Policy Issues42. Availability of Inputs and Associated Problems in Integrated Pest Management by R. R. Jat43. Methodologies for Dissemination of Integrated Pest Management Technologies and Their Impact by Rajinder Peshin and Rakesh Sharma44. Methodological Aspects of IPM Evaluation by S. K. Kher, R. Peshin and P. S. Slathia45. IPR Issues in Agriculture by Sudhakar Dwivedi46. Critical Evaluation of WTO's Regulations and Policies in Indian Agriculture by Sudhakar Dwivedi47. Implications of Statistical Tools in Pest Management by S. E. H. Rizvi and Manish Sharma48. Future of Integrated Pest Management by D. P. Abrol